Videos show emotional scenes as tearful State Department employees emerge to applause from colleagues after being abruptly ...

The involuntary staff reductions include 1,107 civil service and 246 foreign service employees, according to a notice sent to ...

A rally is expected, with supporters “clapping out” departing State Department employees and protesting the layoffs at 4 p.m.

The State Department is sending formal layoff notices to 1,107 civil service employees and 246 foreign service officers with ...

Along with rescissions hitting foreign aid, the new round of firings shows Trump is still bent on tearing down bipartisan ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s plan to downsize a “bloated” department had been on hold after a court ruling.

Employees of the U.S. State Department could receive a layoff notice via email very soon as part of the Trump ...

U.S. diplomats in Washington are bracing for cuts to the State Department workforce, with dismissal notices expected to hit ...

The Trump administration is pressing ahead with an unprecedented overhaul of its diplomatic corps, a move critics say will ...

No State Department official publicly said when the first notices for the planned layoffs would be sent, but the widespread ...

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The State Department has formally advised staffers that it will be sending layoff notices to some of them soon.